#right2home is a campaign to keep the Whorlton Hall scandal on the political agenda, and press the government to act on its promises.

It is led by self advocates and family campaingers.

We know that more than 2,000 adults and children are still in secure mental health units.

Since the coronavirus lockdown started, people in secure units may not have seen advocates or family carers. We are worried about their welfare.

Read more → “#right2home campaign”

The Learning Disability and Autism Leaders’ List are looking for judges for 2020. The Leaders’ List is a partnership between Dimensions, Learning Disability England and VODG.

They are looking for judges with a learning disability. They are very keen to have judges who represent the whole of the learning disability community. This includes people with more ‘complex’ support needs who may not use verbal communication.

They are also looking for judges with lived experience, as a family member or friend for example.

Read more → “Leaders List 2020 are looking for judges”

An organisation called National Voices has created ‘Our Covid Voices’ which is a project which allows people with long-term conditions, disabilities and other health and care needs to share with the world what life is like for them right now. They can talk about their experiences of the UK under lockdown as they happen.

Read more → “Covid Voices – want to include yours?”

 

 

 

 

Learning Disability England have worked with 10 other organisations to jointly write to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to raise their concerns about the decision to stop carrying out inspections of care homes and hospitals.

On 16 March 2020, the CQC announced a cessation of regular inspections, save for “in a very small number of cases” where there are “concerns of harm, such as allegations of abuse”.

Read more → “Challenge made over lack of CQC inspections during coronavirus pandemic”

Training session

10 – 11am 22^nd May

(Zoom meeting)

This is being led by the British Institute of Human Rights and hosted by Learning Disability England in support of the Right 2 Home campaign

Read more → “Human Rights – How can we unlock them?”

The British Medical Association (BMA) is the national organisation that represents doctors.

They have written a paper about what doctors should do if there are more people with Covid-19 than they can treat.

Read more → “BMA Ethics guide and disabled people”

We are recruiting a temporary Administrative Assistant to join our small team who support Bridget, our Office Manager, with the day-to-day running of the office at Learning Disability England.

Read more → “We’re recruiting an Administrative Assistant (maternity cover of approximately one year)”

Mental Capacity and Covid 19 – the law, what good looks like and myth busting

3.30pm – 5pm 20th April

We are hosting this webinar to help everyone understand what the mental capacity act means in practice during Coronavirus

Read more → “Mental Capacity and Covid 19 – mythbusting”

Covid 19 and the rights of disabled people – statement supported by disabled people’s organisations and allies

Learning Disability England is one of many organisations and thousands of people supporting a statement about the rights of disabled people during Covid 19.

The statement sets out the principles we believe should underpin all health and support decisions now.

Read more → “Disabled People’s rights and Covid 19”